picnicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɪk.nɪk/us/ˈpɪk.nɪk/A1 an occasion when you have an informal meal of sandwiches, etc. outside, or the food itself:
If the weather's nice we could have a picnic in the park.
Why don't you take a picnic with you?
a picnic area/lunch/table
a picnic basket/hamper
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- We enjoyed a leisurely picnic lunch on the lawn.
- This looks like a nice spot for a picnic.
- We spread the picnic rug out on the ground and sat down to eat.
- We're going to have a picnic, weather permitting .
- We sat on the river bank and had a picnic.
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- pot luck
- smorgasbord
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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Idiom(s)
be no picnic
picnicverb [ I ]
uk/ˈpɪk.nɪk/us/ˈpɪk.nɪk/past participle picnicking, past tense and past participle picnickedto have a picnic somewhere:
There were several families picnicking on the river bank.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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picnicker
noun [ C ] uk/ˈpɪk.nɪ.kər/us/ˈpɪk.nɪ.kɚ/